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doc: added space requirement to "Build Prerequisites"

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You can get Ceph software by retrieving Ceph source code and building it yourself.
To build Ceph, you need to set up a development environment, compile Ceph,
and then either install in user space or build packages and install the packages.
To build Ceph, you need to set up a development environment, compile Ceph,
and then either install in user space or build packages and install the packages.
Build Prerequisites
===================
.. tip:: Check this section to see if there are specific prerequisites for your
.. tip:: Check this section to see if there are specific prerequisites for your
Linux/Unix distribution.
A debug build of Ceph may take around 40 gigabytes. If you want to build Ceph in
a virtual machine (VM) please make sure total disk space on the VM is at least
60 gigabytes.
Please also be aware that some distributions of Linux, like CentOS, use Linux
Volume Manager (LVM) for the default installation. LVM may reserve a large
portion of disk space of a typical sized virtual disk for the operating system.
Before you can build Ceph source code, you need to install several libraries
and tools::